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Shamir Montazid
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Postdoc at Oncology, Oxford studying cancer, ageing, and stem cell. Parent to a mischievous basenji dog. Loves cycling, cooking, and travelling.
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🚀 Calling all aspiring cancer researchers – Are you ready to embark on a PhD project at the intersection of non-coding RNA biology, functional genomics, and translational oncology?

📆 Applications for 2026-27 entry are now open!

📝 Apply by 12:00 UK time, Tue 2 Dec 2025.

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October 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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I have made my book on longevity available for free online. Here is the link: bit.ly/shamir-immortality

Enjoy!
April 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Does a Phd make you poor? #academiachatter #PhDpoverty
February 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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This has happened in other areas of science: an unbiased evaluation of the entities that satisfies consumers and producers. #antibody #science #biotech #reagents #lifescience
slavov-n.bsky.social Nikolai Slavov @slavov-n.bsky.social · Jan 31
This rate of validation suggests that antibodies should be considered non-specific until proven otherwise:

357 validated out of 1,124 tested.

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February 1, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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Futuristic, to say the least

www.cell.com/cell-stem-ce...
January 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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NEW: Oxford University has been ranked first in the world in the @timeshighered.bsky.social Subject Rankings for Medicine and Computer Science.

Oxford leads in Medicine for the 14th consecutive year and in Computer Science for the 7th.

More info ⬇️
Oxford comes first in Medicine and Computer Science rankings |
The University of Oxford has been ranked first in the world in the Times Higher Education (THE) Subject Rankings for Medicine and Computer Science. Oxford leads in Medicine for the 14th consecutive
www.ox.ac.uk
January 29, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Bluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform
Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X.
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January 25, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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A good read!

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘Precocious’ early-career scientists with high citation counts proliferate
Researchers have questions about how so many authors have racked up a large number of citations so quickly, although some of those authors are honest overachievers.
www.nature.com
January 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Naked mole rat with long lifespan and low cancer incidence was used as an animal model for understanding cancer pathogenesis. Some nice comparisons of ASC dynamics in the intestine with mouse and human in an evolutionary context.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5Dc...
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Adult stem cell activity in naked mole rats for long-term tissue maintenance - Nature Communications
Authors report that long-term intestinal tissue maintenance in naked mole rats is achieved by having an expanded pool of slow-dividing adult stem cells while a higher proportion of differentiated cell...
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December 22, 2024 at 12:46 PM